Fountain pen-holder



- (No Model.)

M. 0-. $TONE.

FOUNTAIN PEN HOLDER.

Patented Mar. 21, .1882.

WITNESSES IIJV'VEJVTOR its U ITED. STATES PATENT MARVIN o. sron QFFrca.

E, on FALLS ouoaon, VIRGlNlA.

* FOUNTAIN PEN-HOLDER."

SPECIFTGATION' forming p rt of Letters Patent No. amaoauatea March 21,

' applicauanmea August30,1881. (No

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it know citizen of the Church, in the county. of Virginia, haveinven-ted a ne aiu Pen -Holder, of which specification;

. My invention relates. fountain pen-holders in are hollow an d. used as a n that I, MARVIN G. STONE, a- United States, residing at Falls Fairfax and State of w and usful Foun-t the'following is a improvements in which the pen-holders reservoir forthe ink and are provided with some coutrivauce for admitting air to to the pen; and

cally accompanying drawings, Figure J. is a side holder, ink-feeder, inserted Fig. 3 is a feeder holder. Fi gauze ink-feeder which con the fountain to the pen the reservoir-chamber.

ob ects by the mechanism int-which view of the entire peu-' the reservoir and feeding ink the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described ,,aud specifi'-' ren, and cap. Fig.

21s a perspective-viewof the hollow pen-holder proper without attachments, perspective view' g.'4-is aside except, the cap. of the pen and; iew of the wireductsthe ink from and ,admits airinto Fig, 5 is aperspgctive View of the cap, which maybe attached to either end of the fountain peu- -hol der.

of the pen, feeder,

' tional view feeder holder.

Fig. 6 is asecand pen and Fig. 7 isle. plan View of the wiregauze blank, whichlwhcn rolled up forms the ink-feeder. T

Similar letters refer to similar partsthrou V out the. several views. 35

a n Fig, 2''Aistheopeu'endofthe [ma n fied their the wire-gauze feeder 5, from slipping too far when placed uporiitt.

The hull open at both ends to-allow.

ow pen and feeder holder, Fig. 3, is

the passage of ink ,.tl1 rough it, and is inserted by the end a into until it reaches the feeder holder.

the open end-Act the hollow cylinder,Fig, 2

welt M on the ink and Fig. 3 has a second and shorter hollow cylinder within it, D, which o-"and is enough smaller to enable than an ordinary pen extends to the. welt M,

the outercylinder to be in sertgd and -line with the concave touehesit. -end (l and open at-the nearly ti ght join t. pen, preven zcombined wh which is in the feeder. The pen,

-. th e feeder. As soon' as writing theinlc; whichrflows off from model.)

gauze ink-feeder, Fig. 4, which brings the same in close proximity to the thepen F.- I I The ink-feederyltig. 4,-composed offiue wiregauze and rolled up in one side straight, which side is brought in a In Fig. 5 the cap is closed at the as to tit-over the fountain not in use.

the manner-shown, hasunder side ot I a; part of the pen and end L, and of such size proper, making. a

This, when placed over theJ ts the ink from evaporating when In'the 'proccss ot writing the ink is drawn out of the reservoir into the wire-gauze feeder by theforce of gravity andcapil'lary attraction t enever the pen is used' in writing,- the ink-feeder becoming thoroughly saturated, with the ink.

The ink is then held in position by the pressure'ot' air upon that portion of it which partly hes upon the feeder, draws inkjslowly from the'latteruntil it, has acquired a small quantity of it, whnthejnk pen is held inpositiou inin the r the same manneras that in the pen is used in forms a current of ink way through the meshes of into thereservoir to supply the requisite quantity of air and maintain the equilibrium. This wire-gauze ink-feeder, allowing the ink to in use, andj-by allowin g the air to pass through its meshes into the ink-chamber whenever the loss of .ink requires it, compels the automatic] air necessary to the'- fountain-pens, and-ina verysim.

flow of lllk and supply of perfection of ple. and inexpensivemanner. Any ordinary 'metallicpencan be used, and can be removed and replaced hyan'other at any flow from it only in the pr i 1 cessot'writing, by holdingitsuspendedwhen not time in the same manner as with ordinary pen-holders tially 1n the manner described, having'a'wires0 withou'tremoving the ink-feeder, or both can ganzeink-feeder to provide forthe automatic 3 be removed together by taking our theport i'on, flow of ink to the pen and. air tothe reservoir, .Fig. 3; which contains both, as in fillingithe substantially 'as shown and described. reservoir. V i Harin'g'fully described my'invention, what I MARVIR'G' STONE I claim, enddesi'reto secure by Letters Pa'tent, 4 Witnesses --is---' .1 f L.I.ONEAL,

A fountain .pen holder constructed eubstam 'A; B. OBUPPER; 

